Aaron Rodgers recently took on the quarterback responsibilities for the New York Jets after leaving a remarkable legacy at Green Bay. While the 39-year-old guided the Packers to several astonishing victories, the franchise Aaron will definitely miss playing against the most is Chicago Bears.
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From being a back-to-back MVP award winner to sharing his experience with ayahuasca tea, A-Rod is famous for quite a few things. However, in his playing career, one special accomplishment which earned him the coveted title of ‘Bear Slayer’ is that more often than not, he absolutely destroyed the team from Chicago whenever they took the field against him.
Aaron Rodgers has a tremendous record against the Bears
Whenever the future Hall of Famer has spoken about his domination over Chicago, he has done so with utter pride. The former Super Bowl winner has gone 24-5 against his favorite rival over his career. It wasn’t always smooth sailing for him, as he converted some huge third- and fourth-down plays and also made some impressive last-minute comebacks.
Once, when Aaron was asked if he takes pleasure in never losing against the Bears, he responded in this way: “Yes, because it’s a great sports town. You know, if we’re beating up on a town that don’t have a great sports history, it’s like just another win. But Chicago is Chicago. You got 100 years of Bears football, almost, right? You have the Chicago Bulls. I grew up a Bulls fan.”
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It is heartwarming to see that the star quarterback respects the culture and history of Chicago. Last season, when he went against the Bears for the last time as a GB Packers starter, he ended up saluting his rival fans. In a post-game interview, he said that he wasn’t sure if he would ever be able to do that; hence, Rodgers did not want to let go of the opportunity.
In the 2021–2022 season, Rodgers and his team went against the Bears in a 24–14 game at Soldier Field. As he was trying to throw on first-and-goal from Chicago’s 6-yard line, he couldn’t find anyone. But then he scrambled to his right and passed linebacker Alec Ogletree to the corner for the touchdown. Rodgers did his signature “belt” action and hopped up to yell at Bears fans: “I own you, all my f***ing life, I still on you, I still own you.” This incident will certainly go down in Green Bay Packers-Chicago Bears lore.
Rodgers is re-energized for a new season with the Jets
Aaron is looking fresh and ready to begin his second innings in the Jets’ jersey. In fact. Randall Cobb, a former Green Bay Packers wide receiver who recently signed a one-year deal with the Jets, also opened up about seeing a re-energized Rogers at 1 Jets Drive.
“I think this whole change of scenery has been great for him, it’s reenergized him,” the 32-year-old Cobb said on “Up & Adams.“I went up to the facility a couple of days ago to sign and just to see him happy and being himself, and the old Aaron Rodgers that I remember, he’s himself again. I look forward to seeing him continue to grow and find himself.”
The QB moved on to the Jets after playing with Green Bay for 18 seasons. It will be interesting to see how to performs in the near future, especially against the Bears, if he gets a chance to take them on.
